‼️Flock Cameras used by Cops to Stalk Women‼️ #flock #cameras #cop #stalker
The short version: Creator Bo Grant spotlights how Flock ALPR access can be abused by officers to track women, underscoring why unchecked camera networks are a stalking risk, not just a crime-fighting tool.
Our Take
Bo Grant's video taps into a fear we've heard from privacy advocates for years: once a nationwide network of license plate cameras exists, the people with the keys to it won't always use it for warrants and Amber Alerts. Flock Safety markets its system as a tool for solving crimes, but the same database that can find a stolen car can just as easily let an officer with a badge and a bad motive track an ex-girlfriend, a coworker, or anyone else who crosses their path. That's not hypothetical paranoia — it's the predictable outcome of giving thousands of police employees query access to a rolling log of where everyone drives.
The core problem is auditing, or the lack of it. Flock's own audit logs exist, but they only matter if departments actually review them, punish misuse, and tell the public when it happens. Too often, these systems run on trust rather than oversight, which means stalking by badge can go undetected for a long time before anyone notices a pattern. When the tool meant to protect women from predators becomes a weapon predators in uniform can use against them, the surveillance apparatus has failed at its most basic promise.
We give Bo Grant credit for putting a human face on what's usually discussed in abstract policy terms. If this story makes you want to know whether these cameras are watching your own street, check our camera map, and if you want to push back on how your city's police department uses this tech, our take-action page has steps to get started.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Bo Grant, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.